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“This book on Sustainomics is an impressive presentation of policy-oriented research by Mohan Munasinghe. He has managed to effectively mobilize a wide array of scientific theories, methods and tools of decision support towards the goal of making development more sustainable. In a trans-disciplinary spirit, but with his feet firmly on the ground and drawing on knowledge from economic, ecological and social disciplines, the author presents a set of well chosen and eminently practical case studies. These examples at various levels ranging from the global/transnational to the local, convincingly demonstrate the relevance of his approach.”
~ Prof. J.B. (Hans) Opschoor, Rector, Institute of Social Studies, and Professor of Environmental Economics, Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The Munasinghe Institute for Sustainable Development (MIND) is a private, nonprofit organization, established to play a key role in nurturing communities of scholars and practitioners who will address sustainable development issues worldwide and explore viable means of achieving this goal in Sri Lanka and elsewhere without compromising economic, environmental and socio-cultural integrity. MIND seeks to make development more sustainable by initiating research programs, promoting intellectual act ... (Full Bio)
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The Encyclopedia of Earth Prof. Mohan Munasinghe has postgraduate degrees in physics, engineering and economics, from Cambridge University (UK), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA), McGill University (Canada), and Concordia University (Canada). Presently, he is Chairman, Munasinghe Institute of Development (MIND); Vice Chair, U.N. U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Geneva; Energy Advisor to the Govt. of Sri Lanka; and Visiting Profes ... (Full Bio)
“This book on Sustainomics is an impressive presentation of policy-oriented research by Mohan Munasinghe. He has managed to effectively mobilize a wide array of scientific theories, methods and tools of decision support towards the goal of making development more sustainable. In a trans-disciplinary spirit, but with his feet firmly on the ground and drawing on knowledge from economic, ecological and social disciplines, the author presents a set of well chosen and eminently practical case studies. These examples at various levels ranging from the global/transnational to the local, convincingly demonstrate the relevance of his approach.”
~ Prof. J.B. (Hans) Opschoor, Rector, Institute of Social Studies, and Professor of Environmental Economics, Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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